For Immediate Release
August 8, 2003
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For Immediate Release |
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Washington, DC-Kate Dieringer, a Georgetown University Junior in Nursing has been honored as the 2003 student recipient of the prestigious Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Award by the non-profit watchdog organization Security On Campus, Inc. She was honored for her work to bring about improvements in how her school handles student complaints of sexual assault and other violence.
Dieringer (pictured right with the Clery Award), the survivor of a campus sexual assault the fall of her freshman year in 2001, went public with her story last year. She then rallied students on the campus to demand stronger policies against campus rape, and the disclosure of more information about students found responsible for violent acts, but allowed to remain on campus unbeknownst to their fellow students.
"Kate Dieringer's courage and willingness to take a stand on how Georgetown responds to rape and other violent crimes will make students safer on her campus," said S. Daniel Carter the Senior Vice President of Security On Campus, Inc. "We are very pleased to recognize her courage and leadership by honoring her with the Clery Award."
The Clery Award established in 1994 recognizes individuals and institutions who have taken extraordinary actions to make students safe. It is given annually by SOC in honor of co-founders Connie and Howard Clery's daughter Jeanne who was brutally raped and murdered on the Lehigh University campus in 1986. The federal campus crime reporting law, the Jeanne Clery Act, is also named in her memory.
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